Music Ministry Matters #8

Music Ministry Matters #8

No. 8 - Tracing the Origins of Contemporary Christian MusicI remember my first encounter with what has been labeled “contemporary Christian music” as being in 1988. Oh, sacred pop in the form of songs like “Morning Has Broken” and “Let There Be Peace on Earth” had...
Music Ministry Matters #7

Music Ministry Matters #7

No. 7 - Music, Worship, and Evangelism                The writings of Robert E. Webber (1933 – 2007), taken as a whole, are essential reading for anyone hoping make sense of the complexities of...
Music Ministry Matters #6

Music Ministry Matters #6

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Music Ministry Matters #5

Music Ministry Matters #5

No. 5 - The Changing Role of the Organ in American Church Music            Historians of church music, church musicians, ecclesiologists have often endowed the pipe organ, because of its long association with the...
Music Ministry Matters #4

Music Ministry Matters #4

No 4. - The “Old Way” versus a “New Way” – Reform or Elitism in the New England Meetinghouse            The desire to reform or improve congregational singing is nothing new.  Issues related to it were being...